Dark Sun heresy

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@Ral.of.Tyr

I completely disregarded the books and the adventure-modules in favor of running Dark Sun, as is, out of the Box-Set in the early-90’s. When the 3.5 Box-set came out, I was grateful for the expanded Tyr-Region maps and the new PC-classes.

Definitely not a heresy. When DS first came out, this was the only way that anyone played Dark Sun, so it can’t be a heresy by definition.

[neujack (Jack Meyer)]

Picking where you want to start has always been a part of every RPG setting, not just in D&D. But this statement only really has meaning when the setting has events in a timeline.

Everyone has preferences where they want their campaign to start. I love starting after Free Year 10, or even Paizo’s FY 300+, but I don’t see anything wrong with starting much earlier, maybe just as Kalak is starting his zigguraut.

Eventually, if you run a campaign long enough, you have your own timeline of events anyway, and it inevitably becomes your own homebrew. That’s a natural consequence of the creative input of yourself and your players.